Useful Contacts -Marriage & Children

Forced Marriages
Are you worried about being forced into a marriage abroad? You have the right to legal protection. If someone is forcing you into a marriage they may be in breach of the law in the UK and other countries. For more information contact:

The Community Liaison Unit, G55 Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Old Admiralty Building, London, SW1A 2PA
Tel: 020 7008 0230/0109

Dealing With Cases Of Forced Marriage - Guidance For Education
Professionals (Teachersnet 24/03/05):
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/FCO%2075263.pdf

"Honour" Crimes Project
For information, articles and resources relating to 'honour crimes' and forced marriage visit the 'Honour Crimes' Project: http://www.soas.ac.uk/honourcrimes/

This project is jointly co-ordinated by:

- CIMEL (Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Laws) at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University http://www.soas.ac.uk/academics/centres/cimel/

- INTERIGHTS (International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights) http://www.interights.org

Pink Parents
A UK wide information service for lesbian, gay and bisexual parents, parents to be and their children. Issues covered include coming out to your children, donor insemination, where you stand legally, adoption and fostering and meeting up with other LGB parents.
Pink Parents UK, The D'Arcy Lainey Foundation, PO BOX 417, Oldham, OL2 7WT

Telephone helpline
08701 273 274 Monday - Friday 9am - 12pm (excluding public holidays)
Admin line
0161 633 2037 Monday - Friday 9.30am - 2.00pm (excluding public holidays)

Reunite - International Child Abduction Centre
The leading UK charity specialising in international parental child abduction. They assist both parents whose child has been taken abroad and parents who have abducted their own child to the UK. The website includes useful information and a list of solicitors in the UK and abroad.

P.O. Box 7124, Leicester, LE1 7XX, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 116 2556 234
(Advice Line) Tel: +44 (0) 116 2555 345
(Office) Fax: +44 (0) 116 2556 370
Email: reunite@dircon.co.uk
Website: http://www.reunite.org

Rights of Women
ROW is a women's voluntary organisation informing, educating and empowering women on their legal rights.

Their advice line (+44 (0)20 7251 6577) is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 2-4pm and 7-9pm, and also on Friday, 12-2pm. You can speak to a qualified woman solicitor or barrister and get legal help for free on:
- Divorce and relationship breakdown
- Children and contact issues
- Domestic violence- Sexual violence
- Discrimination- Lesbian parenting

You can find downloadable information sheets on their website on divorce, child contact orders, child residence orders, and parental responsibility. ROW also published a Domestic Violence DIY Injunction Handbook, which is translated into Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu.

52 - 54 Featherstone Street, London, EC1Y
Tel: 020 7251 6577
Email: info@row.org.uk
Website: http://www.row.org.uk

Document on lesibian parenting:
http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/pdfs/lesbian_parenting.pdf